NSSE 2019 Frequencies and Statistical Comparisons Kentucky State University

First-Year Students Frequency Distributionsa Statistical Comparisonsb

Item wording or description Variable namec Valuesd Response options K-State HBCU Regional Like classification K-State HBCU Regional Like classification

Count % Count % Count % Count % Mean Effect sizee Mean Effect sizee Mean Effect sizee

  • 11 pages or more wrlongnum 0 None 26 79 714 78 2,192 78 709 70 1.7 1.4 .08 .8 .34 1.1 .18
  • (Recoded version of wrlong created by NSSE. Values are estimated number of papers, reports, etc.) 1.5 1-2 3 9 67 7 425 15 217 20
  • 4 3-5 1 3 42 5 73 2 40 4
  • 8 6-10 1 3 37 5 51 2 26 3
  • 13 11-15 2 5 21 3 27 1 16 2
  • 18 16-20 0 0 6 1 6 0 4 0
  • 23 More than 20 1 3 7 1 13 0 4 1
  • Total 34 100 894 100 2,787 100 1,016 100
  • (Continuous variable, recoded and summed by NSSE from wrshort, wrmed, and wrlong. Values are estimated pages of assigned writing.)
  • During the current school year, about how often have you had discussions with people from the following groups?
  • Estimated number of assigned pages of student writing. wrpages 60.8 55.2 .07 48.3 .19 54.7
  • People from an economic background other than your own DDeconomic 1 Never 3 10 48 6 72 3 63 6 2.7 2.8 -.19 3.1* -.50 2.9
  • Total 34 100 879 100 2,777 100 1,006 100
  • 4 Very often 7 20 225 25 987 34 272 28
  • 3 Often 9 30 234 27 1,019 37 357 35
  • People of a race or ethnicity other than your own DDRace 1 Never 3 9 112 12 112 5 72 7 2.8 2.6 .17 3.0 -.18 2.8
  • 2 Sometimes 13 40 343 40 680 26 331 33
  • 3 Often 4 13 196 22 997 35 316 32
  • 4 Very often 14 38 232 26 996 33 291 29
  • Total 34 100 883 100 2,785 100 1,010 100
  • 3 Often 7 21 317 35 1,163 42 376 38
  • 4 Very often 10 28 248 28 992 35 284 28
  • 2 Sometimes 14 41 302 34 663 26 302 30
  • 3 Often 11 33 267 30 1,034 37 341 34
  • 2 Sometimes 18 52 338 38 648 24 281 28
  • 2 Sometimes 14 40 266 31 550 21 283 28
  • People with religious beliefs other than your own DDreligion 1 Never 2 6 89 11 98 4 92 9 2.7 2.7 -.01 3.0* -.38 2.8
  • Total 34 100 883 100 2,782 100 1,007 100
  • People with political views other than your own DDpolitical 1 Never 2 8 135 15 85 3 71 7 2.4 2.5 -.10 3.1*** -.73 2.9**

4 Very often 4 10 170 20 1,029 36 296 31

Total 33 100 877 100 2,781 100 1,005 100

*p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001 (2-tailed); Refer to p. 2 for key to triangle symbols. See the endnotes on the last page of this report.

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